First Transformation of the Eight-Nine Mystical Art

"Mirror!"

"Stillness!"

"Purity!"

Yin Ming's expression shifted. He calmed his tangled thoughts and continued sensing the tree cocoon.

His body was undergoing a wondrous change. Nothing could compare to experiencing an experiment firsthand, and he did not want to miss the insights that came with the Mystical Art's transformation.

The Wondrous Scene he had constructed through meditation in his Sea of Consciousness changed with his state of mind. The nine Extraordinary Magic Beasts reflected on Silent Lake were Inner Demons born of his body's transformation and evolution.

Splash, splash!

Ripples spread across Silent Lake. The reflected phantoms of the Extraordinary Magic Beasts began devouring the mental energy leaking from the Mental Runes, using the lake water to turn their illusory forms solid.

"Golden Light Spell!"

Yin Ming had no choice but to spare a sliver of his attention.

He drew on his understanding of the "purity" Law Fragment and activated the Golden Light Spell to protect himself from inner evils and external threats.

External threats broadly referred to anything outside the body that could cause harm, such as fists, blades, sorcery, or radiation...

Inner evils, meanwhile, broadly referred to harm arising from within, such as Inner Demons, overexertion, or even hormonal imbalances.

The Inner Demons in Silent Lake were inner evils. As Yin Ming's thoughts grew utterly still, the lake fell calm, and white-gold light instantly filled his entire Sea of Consciousness.

Pop! Pop, pop!

The bodies of the nine Extraordinary Magic Beasts, formed from lake water, collapsed.

They turned back into water and fell into the lake without raising a single ripple. Every strange phenomenon in his Sea of Consciousness vanished into stillness.

Crack, crack!!

At that moment, strange sounds came from inside the tree cocoon.

The Formless Wood Essence Yin Ming had cultivated with his own blood gave